Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Geraldine Terry -- Gender and climate hazards in Bangladesh / Terry Cannon -- Reducing risk and vulnerability to climate change in India: the capabilities approach / Marlene Roy and Henry David Venema -- Gendering responses to El Niño in rural Peru / Rosa Rivero Reyes -- Engendering adaptation to climate variability in Gujarat, India / Sara Ahmed and Elizabeth Fajber -- Resilience, power, culture, and climate: a case study from semi-arid Tanzania, and new research directions / Valerie Nelson and Tanya Stathers -- Gender, water, and climate change in Sonora, Mexico: implications for policies and programmes on agricultural income-generation / Stephanie Buechler -- Building gendered approaches to adaptation in the Pacific / Ruth Lane and Rebecca McNaught -- The Noel Kempff project in Bolivia: gender, power, and decision-making in climate mitigation / Emily Boyd -- Climate change and sustainable technology: re-linking poverty, gender, and governance / Sam Wong -- The bio-fuel frenzy: what options for rural women? A case of rural development schizophrenia / Nidhi Tandon -- Women's rights and climate change: using video as a tool for empowerment in Nepal / Marion Khamis, Tamara Plush, and Carmen Sepulveda Zelaya -- Engendering the climate-change negotiations: experiences, challenges, and steps forward / Minu Hemmati and Ulrike Röhr -- Conclusion / Geraline Terry.